Penholder



(No Model.) W. BLEND.

PENHOLDER.

No. 597,942. Patented Jan. 25, 1898 J r I INVENTOH ATTORNEY WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT @i ricn.

\VELLINGTON BLEND, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

PEN H O LDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,942, dated January 25, 1898.

Application filed June 8, 1897. Serial No. 639,858. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WELLINGTON BLEND, of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York,'have invented a new and Improved Penliolder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in penholders, and has for its object to provide a penholder which will possess a suitable degree of elasticity at the holding end of the pen-stock, whereby an ordinary steel pen, when used with the improvement, is rendered less rigid than usual in service, so as to enable the writer to execute fine penmanship with as great freedom and beauty of shading as may be attained in the use of a costly gold pen.

The invention consists in the novel construction an d combination of parts, as is hereinafter described, and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of the improved penholder and pen therein. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same. Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional view on the line 4 4 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 5 5 in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a holder-plate which is a feature of the invention, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the sheet-metal blank from which the holderplate is produced.

In the drawings which represent an application of the invention, 10 indicates an ordinary handle or pen-stock of any suitable rigid material, such as hard rubber or wood.

The pen-stock 10 is afforded a convenient length, and at a proper distance from the forward end of the stock the body thereof is re duced in diameter, as at a, and given a nearly cylindrical'form.

On the reduced portion a of the pen stock a coiled-wire sleeve or ferrule 11 is mounted,

the length of said ferrule permitting a considerable portion of the same to project in advance of the forward end of the portion a, which portion for convenience is designated as the nipple end of the pen-stock. The ferrule 11, being formed of elastic metallic wireof a suitable gage and owing to its spiral coiled formation, is resilient near the front end of the nipple a, and when placed thereon has such contractile force as will adapt its slightly-expanded coils to tightly bind the ferrule on the part it engages.

The elasticity of the ferrule 11,if unchecked, permits lateral flexure as well as vertical spring action, and as this lateral yielding movement of the ferrule is objectionable means are provided to obviate such a resilient lateral movement. The preferred means for the indicated purpose consists of the holder-plate 12, which is shown detached in Figs. 6 and '7, and consists of a strip of thin elastic plate metal whereon a lateral member 12 may be integrally formed at one end of said blank, as shown in Fig. 7.

Preferably the blank from which the holderplate is produced is rendered conca-vo-convex in cross-section for a portion of its length at the rear end, and at the opposite end, whereou the member 12 is formed, the latter is bent into ring shape, as represented in Fig. 6, which will transversely curve the front end of the blank the same as the rear end thereof.

7 The holder-plate in complete condition is forcibly introduced at its rear end between the nipple CL and rear end of the ferrule 11, and is thus secured in place within the latter.

The length of the holder-plate is preferably equal with that of the ferrule, so that the forward ends of said parts will be flush with each other when they are in place on the pen-stock 10.

The diameter of the ring that is formed from the portion 12 should be somewhat less than the interior diameter of the ferrule 11, so that when the parts of the penholder are assembled a slight crevice will intervene between the ferrule and ring 12.

In use the ordinary steel pen A may be shoved between the front end of the holderplate 12 and the inner surface of the ferrule 11, which will cause the latter to yield in its coils sufficiently to permit such an insertion of the pen, the torsional spring force of the ferrule serving to tightly clasp the pen in position for service on the front end of the penholder.

As there is a flat portion Z) on the holderplate 12 between its ends, said plate will have elasticity in a vertical direction at the forward end of the nipple a, and thus allow the ferrule to have a corresponding spring action when in use.

It will be apparent that as the holder-plate 12 is unyielding edgewise and has a clamped connection with the ferrule 11 the latter will be prevented from having any ojectionable resilience laterally.

In service the degree of elasticity conferred upon the penholder in a vertical plane aifords a slightly-yielding action to the pen A, so that in use it will be adapted to receive depression at the rear end when heavy shadelines are to be made with the pen, which will cause the points or nibs of the pen to deliver more ink and enable a skilful penman to are cute shading and all styles of ornamental penwork with as great freedom as can be done with a resilient gold pen.

It is apparent that the improved penholder is durable and also ornamental in appearance, and from its peculiar construction may be rapidly and cheaply produced.

coiled-wire ferrule on said nipple, a holderplate rigid laterally, and elastic between its ends, said plate being curved in cross-section at the rear end and held upon the nipple by the contractile force of the ferrule, and a check-ring on the front end of the holderplate, which prevents said plate from yielding and adapts the torsional spring force of the ferrule to clamp a pen in the holder, substantially as described. 1

2. A penholder comprising a pen-stock, an elastic coil attached to the pen-stock and projected outward therefrom, and an elastic holder-plate attached to the pen-stock and projected outward therefrom through the said coil.

3. Apenholder having a pen-stock, an elastic furrule attached to the pen-stock and projected outward therefrom, and an elastic holder-plate also attached to the pen-stock and projected outward into the ferrule, the outer end of the holder-platehaving a bearing portion between which and the ferrule the pen may be held.

WELLINGTON BLEND.

WVitnesses: 7

WM. P. PATTON, JNo. M; BITTER. 

